Study Highlights Low-Tech, High-Impact Approach to Managing Hand Tremors
A new lightweight, passive wearable brace significantly reduces involuntary hand tremors without motors, batteries, or invasive procedures.
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Hanger Clinic Names New Chief Clinical Officer
Hanger Clinic's new chief clinical officer will lead the company’s Clinical and Scientific Affairs team and the Hanger Institute.
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Surgeons Implant Device to Restore Sense of Touch After Hand Amputation
The neural-enabled prosthetic hand restores a meaningful sense of touch and grip force following surgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
Court Ruling Eases Coverage for Myomo MyoPro in Germany
A German court confirms that the MyoPro powered whole-arm orthosis is an orthopedic aid that serves to directly compensate for disabilities.
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NYU Langone Health Completes First Osseointegration Surgery in NYC with FDA-Approved OPRA Implant System
NYU Langone Health completes its first surgery using the only FDA-approved implantable prosthetic available in the greater New York City area.
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Project Aims to Help Amputees Control Prosthetic Hands
FAU researchers have received a grant to empower amputees to maximize their potential for controlling the full dexterity of prosthetic hands.
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Innovation Lab Awarded $30K to Help Improve Activities of Daily Living for Pediatric Ataxic Cerebral Palsy Patients
Innovation Lab receives grant to help bring their “Move-D” mechanical elbow brace to market to help improve ADLs for cerebral palsy patients.
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Engineers Light the Way to Nerve-Operated Prosthetics of the Future
A new way to measure neural activity using light could lead to a reimagining of medical technologies like nerve-operated prosthetics.
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Xtremity Aims to Bring Xtremity BB Prosthetic Socket to Market
Xtremity secures $8.1M in Series B3 funding to help bring its first product, the XtremityTT transtibial prosthetic socket, to market.
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Hanger Reports Second Quarter 2022 Results
Orthotics and prosthetics provider Hanger Inc announces its financial results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2022.
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Robotic Sensors Could Help Transform Prosthetics
A pioneering project to develop advanced sensors for use in robotic systems could transform prosthetics and robotic limbs.
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Breath-Driven Hand Prosthesis: A New Concept
Researchers at the University of Oxford have developed a revolutionary new hand prosthesis powered and controlled by the user’s breathing.
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Investment Firm Acquires Hanger Inc
Hanger Inc has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Patient Square Capital, a dedicated health care investment firm.
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Prosthetics Manufacturer WillowWood Global Acquires MAKstride
WillowWood Global LLC, a designer, manufacturer, and distributor of prosthetic products, announces it has acquired MAKstride Prosthetics.
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Unlimited Tomorrow and Singularity Group Launch $1M Fundraising Initiative to Bring Free Bionic Limbs to Ukraine Victims
Unlimited Tomorrow and The Singularity Group launch initiative to create and deliver prosthetics to 100 amputee victims of the war in Ukraine.
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Robotic Arms Connected Directly to Brain of Partially Paralyzed Man Allows Him to Feed Himself
Researchers demonstrate a “shared control strategy’” that creates a human-robot team for controlling robotic arms more efficiently.
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Microfluidic-Based Soft Robotic Prosthesis Promises Relief for Diabetic Amputees
In Biomicrofluidics, Canadian scientists reveal their development of a new type of prosthesis using microfluidics-enabled soft robotics.
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Össur Receives Grant from Ministry for Foreign Affairs’ SDG Partnership Fund
Össur pledges to donate prosthetics to Ukrainians and was awarded a €200,000 Euro grant to facilitate the accompanying clinical education.
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